ShrapKnel & Controller 7 – Nobody Planning To Leave (Backwoodz) For their third album in four years as ShrapKnel, New York/Philly rappers Curly Castro and PremRock connected with West Coast ...

Signed to Death Row Records, Pac brought the grit and passion of West Coast Hip Hop to the forefront with albums like All Eyez on Me and hits like “California Love.” Tupac’s storytelling ...

These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and ...

Lamar’s sixth studio album, which was unexpectedly released Nov. 22, embraces West Coast hip-hop and R&B sounds while taking aggressive and melodic vocal approaches. Through boisterous tracks that ...

The talent of said artist was less important than supporting the various homies and hangers-on of superstar rappers and singers ... if they were from the West Coast. I was a fanatic for West ...

In short, it's an album that solidified Dre's place as one of rap's master storytellers, while also moving the needle forward for West Coast hip-hop. With that, verses also took on a more laid ...

(Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives) In a recording career that spanned barely five years, 2Pac released four solo albums that made him an icon of the burgeoning West Coast rap scene ...

The album’s existence is historic ... “Missionary” says something important about how West Coast rap matures gracefully. “Dre’s hungry, just like I’m hungry,” Snoop said.